RammyFanny

Be right for once, damnit.

It's got to be Shark, or both.

Russell? Yesssssss please.

pedialyte The ingredient list shows mainly sugar and splenda. "Electrolytes" being a small amount of salt and potassium. Sounds like placebo. But who am I kidding, i'll give it a try.

Going to make the trek up to Kane County tonight with some friends for the first time, hopefully I can snag some decent video of Schwarber.

What a douche.

So the people who said he might need time to adjust to AAA pitching were technically right...

Arisemendy now hitting .301 with a .890 OPS.

I don't think he blinked once during that interview.

If you just can't go a day without Bryant, he'll be on ESPN1000 at 3.

Same reaction here. Immediately thought of this Randy Marsh scene and lol'd.

Somebody's got to protect Vitters.

I think it's a combination of he's a future star (#sparkle) and he's got pretty eyes (#sparkle). (really)

If we sign Mirotic with our cap money, we won't have the MLE. But we'll probably still have 6 or 7 mill left in FA money.

lol

After the announcers said this guy has thrown first pitch strikes to 15/20 batters and his fastball was at 87 last pitch, you could see that coming.

My bad. Extending with the Knicks I mean. His whole point of leaving NY is that he doesn't want to punt next season. While i'm sure the Bulls would find a way to be good, Thibs would run them into the ground with 4 starters and nobody else, and I doubt they do that much damage in the playoffs. I think he'd take his extra 30 million (assuming NY will give it). Or just go somewhere else, assuming the Bulls would end up that gutted. But I don't think it'll be necessary either, like you said. If he does leave, I think they'll work a S&T, or he takes 18 mill or so if his team keeps enough guys.

We can clear cap room to sign him outright. We'd just prefer not to because we can put together a better team. Not to offer a max though, which in the end, I expect Melo to get. Knicks or a sign and trade. I just doubt he's going to leave money on the table. http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=40159568#p40159568 (I'm not 100% sure this is correct...but I think it is) He's right in that we technically can get there, but in that scenario he posted we are starting Greg Smith at PF and our bench consists of two late first round rookies and mostly league minimums. Not saying I wouldn't consider it if it were our only option, but that team isn't winning a title next season. And if Melo's conceding next season, he's probably staying with the Knicks, getting his extra $, and seeing who the Knicks get in FA next offseason.

AAA OPS from .417 to .938. Not bad.

Nope, we'd have to sign Mirotic from that 11 mill. So we'd probably have a 6 million signing or so left in us after signing Mirotic (obviously dependent on what he signs for).

Ah, yes. Paired with Rose (who would only need to be 70-80%), Noah, and at least 1 of Butler/Gibson that's easily the best team in the East and likely the league. Simmons - even though his schtick can get old, he does have legit connections (or at least connections to people like Jalen Rose who have legit connections) - could send Boozer + 16 + 19 to Orlando for Afflalo and waivable contracts then Mirotic+MDJ+Snell somewhere to free up money for Melo Would that leave us with MLE, LLE and vet minimums to fill out the roster beyond Rose, Afflalo, Anthony, Taj, Noah and Butler? Would the MLE be enough to resign DJ? I really want to be sure we have depth at PG, one to limit Roses minutes and two in case Rose gets injured. With the rest of that lineup the Bulls can withstand a Rose injury if they have a halfway decent backup. I'm not a cap expert, but yes I believe they'd nave the full MLE and LLE then vet mins to fill out the roster. The MLE should be around $6 mil for them this year, I think. Which is far more than enough for DJ I'd imagine, he probably won't even require all of it or at least shouldn't. If he does might want to look into other guys to use the MLE on. If we are signing Melo in that scenario, then we won't have those options since we'd be under the cap. And again, in Simmons' exact scenario: Rose: 18.9 mil Joakim: 12.2 mil Taj: 8 mil Afflalo: 7.5 mil Buckets: 2 mil 6 cap holds: 3 mil = 51.6 mil Estimated cap = 63.2 mil = 11.6 mill the most you can offer to Melo. With all minimums elsewhere. Best case scenario is he takes 17 mill, but it's probably going to be more. That being said, Boozer S&T for Melo and other people for Afflalo could *probably* theoretically work because we could probably stay over the cap and keep our MLE, etc. Bottom line is the best case scenario for all parties is going to be a Boozer S&T for Melo (regardless of Afflalo). Bulls get to use the MLE, Knicks get a few useful pieces as opposed to nothing, Melo gets paid more.

Common sense be damned, but I really think Lake would've been out if he didn't slide into first. /ducks

Ah, yes. Paired with Rose (who would only need to be 70-80%), Noah, and at least 1 of Butler/Gibson that's easily the best team in the East and likely the league. Simmons - even though his schtick can get old, he does have legit connections (or at least connections to people like Jalen Rose who have legit connections) - could send Boozer + 16 + 19 to Orlando for Afflalo and waivable contracts then Mirotic+MDJ+Snell somewhere to free up money for Melo That would be great...... ...if Melo is OK with his salary starting at about 11.7 million. And us having 6 league minimum guys. Edit: There are probably ways to technically get it done. But not what Simmons proposed (Boozer/Afflalo). And Butler's pretty much going to have to go (not that i'd be opposed to that).

#sparkle